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BRAKE MEANS.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 10. IBM].

Patented Dec. 23, 1919 UNITED STATES PATENT orricn.

ARMANI) T1.- PEYCKE, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR T0 AMERICAN SEI ELFOUNDRIES, Q1? CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

BRAKE MEANS.

Specification 01. Letters Patent. PatentedDec. 23, 1919) I Applicationfiled June 10,1918. Serial No. 239,104.

To all whom it may concern..-

Be it known that L Anrinnn H. Pnronn, a citizen of the United States,residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, haveinvented certain new and use ful Improvements in Brake Means of whichthe following is a specification.

This invention relates to brake means.

One of the objects of this invention is to simplify and improve meansfor operatively connecting brake beams, heads, hangers and levers toprovide an effective combination of )aits. 1 This and other objects areaccomplished by the arrangement disclosed on the accompanying sheet ofdrawings, in whichigure 1 is a plan View; Fig. 2 a rear elevation; and,Fig. 3 a side elevation of brake means embodying my invention.

he various novel features of the invention will be apparent from thefollowing description and drawings and wil be particularly pointed outin the appended claims, Referring to the figures of the drawings, itwill be noted that I have shown a rolled brake beam having a web 10 andflanges 11. Connected to each end of the brake beam is a trunnion 12having a pair of arms 13 which embrace the Web 10 of the brake beam,said arms being secured to the web of said brake beam by rivets 14, orby any other suitable means. Mounted on the end of the brake beamadjacent the trunnion and over the arms 13 of the trunnion, is a brakehead 15,

the rivets 16 for securing the brake head to the beam passing throughthe arms 13 of the trunnion. The brake beam is hung by means of a loophanger 17 said loop hanger being located at a point above the centerline of the beam, or, in other words, an upper hanger head arrangementis provided.

A brake lever 18 is pivotally connected to the trunnion 12 on theoutside of the brake head 15, said brake lever being held fromaccidental withdrawal from the trunnion by means of a locking plate 19having its lower portion occupying a groove 20 in the outer end. of thetrunnion, the upper end of the locking plate 19 being secured to thebrake lever bya cotter pin 21.. This brake arrangement provides asimple, elficient and inexpensive combination of parts adapted i'orserviceconditions.

I It is my intention to cover all modificatrons of the invention fallingwithin the spirit and scope of the following claims.

I claim: 1. In brake mechanism, the combination of a brake beam, attrunnion member secured I to the end of the beam and having a roundportion, and a brake lever mounted on the round portion of saidtrunnion.

2. In brake mechanism, the combination.

of a brake beam, a trunnion secured to the (end of the beam and having around portion, and an operating member mounted on the round portion ofsaid trunnion.

In brake mechanism, the combination.-

of a brake eam, a trunnion member having arms secured to the brake beam,and'a brake 'head arried by said beam and beingmounted over and secured;to the. arms of said trunnion memben',-

I. In brake mechanism, the combination of a brake beam, a trunnion atthe end thereof, a brake, lever connected to said trunnion, and meansincluding a. locking plate carried by said brake lever cooperating witha por tion of said trunnion member to prevent accidental withdrawal ofthe brake lever.

5. In brake mechanism, the combination of a brake beam of I-section, atrunnion member having laterally disposed arms embracing the web of saidbrake beam and having a groove, a brake head carried by said brake beamand mounted over and secured to the arms of said trunnion memher, abrake lever connected to said truned to said brake lever and engagingsaid groove to prevent accidental withdrawal of the brake lever.

6. In brake mechanism, the combination of a brake beam, a trunnion atthe end there- .95

of, a brake head carried by said beam, a brake hanger connected to saidhead, and a brake lever connected to said trunnion.

Signed atChicago, Illinois, this 28th day oi May, 1918.

ARMAND H. PEYCKE.

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